The following words and terms, when used in this section and §§ 29.92-29.97, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
Child abuse-A term meaning any of the following:
ChildLine-An organizational unit of the Department of Public Welfare which operates a 24-hour a day Statewide toll free telephone system for receiving reports of suspected child abuse, referring reports for investigation and maintaining the reports in the appropriate file.
Individual residing in the same home as the child-An individual who is 14 years of age or older and who resides in the same home as the child.
Perpetrator-A person who has committed child abuse and is a parent of the child, a person responsible for the welfare of a child, an individual residing in the same home as a child or a paramour of a child's parent.
Person responsible for the child's welfare-A person who provides permanent or temporary care, supervision, mental health diagnosis or treatment, training or control of a child in lieu of parental care, supervision and control. The term does not include a person who is employed by or provides services or programs in a public or private school, intermediate unit or area vocational-technical school.
Recent acts or omissions-Acts or omissions committed within 2 years of the date of the report to the Department of Public Welfare or county agency.
Serious mental injury-A psychological condition, as diagnosed by a physician or licensed psychologist, including the refusal of appropriate treatment, that does one or more of the following:
Serious physical injury-An injury that causes a child severe pain or significantly impairs a child's physical functioning, either temporarily or permanently.
Sexual abuse or exploitation-The employment, use, persuasion, inducement, enticement or coercion of a child to engage in or assist another person to engage in sexually explicit conduct or a simulation of sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction, including photographing, videotaping, computer depicting or filming, of sexually explicit conduct or the rape, sexual assault, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, aggravated indecent assault, molestation, incest, indecent exposure, prostitution, statutory sexual assault or other form of sexual exploitation of children.
49 Pa. Code § 29.91
The provisions of this § 29.91 issued under the Child Protective Services Law, 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2); and section 15 of the Podiatry Practice Act (63 P. S. § 42.15).